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The Gombe State Government said on Monday that the state has one person to Lassa fever. Dr Joshua Abubukar, the Director, Public Health, Gombe State Ministry of Health, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe. Abubakar said an 18-year-old woman, who was tested...

The Federal Government, Saturday, blamed the spread of Lassa fever on health workers refusal to take necessary precaution, while treating patients. Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole who stated this in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State when he paid a courtesy call on the state Governor,...

The sick woman in Kogi, Miss Aisha Jimoh, who was confirmed to have contracted the dreaded Lassa fever is dead. A brother to the deceased, Mr Asipita Jimoh, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja that Aisha, 18, died in the early hours of Monday at the Irua General...

About 68 persons have been killed by lassa fever since the beginning of 2017, the Federal Government has said. Speaking at the Maiden Edition of the Lassa fever outbreak in Abuja, the Minister of Health, who was represented by the Minister of State for health, Dr Ehanire Osagie...

The Government of Ondo State on Thursday began training 54 persons for surveillance and information dissemination in an effort to forestall the re-occurrence of Lassa fever scourge in the state. The epidemic is already well reported in about 22 states of the federation. Disease...

The Enugu State Ministry of Health, on Monday, said it had stock-piled drugs and other consumables to tackle any possible Lassa fever outbreak in the state. The Director of Public Health Services, Dr Okechukwu Ossai, made this disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...

The Ondo State Government says it has increased the level of health awareness campaign to prevent outbreak of Lassa fever in the state, tagged operation “kill all rats, stay in hygienic environment”. Olumide Akadiri, the Chief Medical Director, Ondo State Specialist Hospital,...

The corpse of the second Lassa fever victim simply identified as Mr Hope, that died within 24 hours after admission in the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, has been buried, even as a 22-year-old male patient is undergoing medical observation for suspected Lassa fever at...

A 22-year-old man in Abeokuta, who has allegedly contacted Lassa Fever, is under medical observation at the State General Hospital, Ijaiye, Abeokuta. The patient, whose name was not given, was said to have returned from a trip to Lagos when he came down with the symptoms. The...

Three health workers of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) have tested positive for Lassa fever infection. The Chief Medical Director of LUTH, Prof. Chris Bode, confirmed this on Wednesday, August 9, at a joint briefing by the hospital’s management and officials...

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